BT took nearly two weeks longer than promised to deliver high-speed backhaul to the village of Kingsclere, was four weeks behind schedule in Hungerford, and managed a delay of six weeks in Kintbury, according to FDM.

While FDM said it welcomes the return of its service in Lambourn, it is continuing with an official complaint about BT's behaviour. This complaint is currently being examined by Oftel.

"The time it took to find and fix the fault in Lambourn was really unacceptable," an FDM spokesman told ZDNet UK .